Background
Sickle, John Babcock Van was born on September 30, 1936 in Freeport, Illinois, United States. Son of John Rowley Van Sickle and Kathryn Babcock.
Sickle, John Babcock Van was born on September 30, 1936 in Freeport, Illinois, United States. Son of John Rowley Van Sickle and Kathryn Babcock.
Bachelor of Arts in Latin Literature, Harvard, Cambridge, 1958. Master of Arts in Greek, University Illinois, Urbana, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Classical Philology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Ma., 1963.
Professor classics Brooklyn College, since 1976.
Member of American Philological Association.
Married Gail Levin.